Stimulus funds aid MCG research Nov 10, 2009
Andrew Mellor, the director of the Immunotherapy Center and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Immunogenetics at MCG, got $367,500 to further his research in how a certain chemical might be thwarting the effects of vaccines. Called indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase, or IDO, it has been shown to be one way a fetus is protected from the mother's immune system and might be exploited by cancer and by HIV to evade the body's immune system. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Media availability: The role of biomedical research in malaria eradication Oct 31, 2009
D., Chief, Laboratory of Immunogenetics, Division of Intramural Research, NIAID.. CONTACT: To schedule interviews, please contact the NIAID Office of Communications, 301-402-1663, or. (EurekAlert!)
Human Dectin-1 Deficiency and Mucocutaneous Fungal Infections Oct 29, 2009
From the Department of Internal Medicine and the Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (B.F., G.F., T.S.P., L.J., T.J., K.V., L.M., L.A.B.J., J.W.M.M., B.J.K., M.G.N.); the Department of Tumor Immunology and the Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences (A.B.S., A.C., G.J.A.); and the Center for Molecular and Biomolecular Informatics, Nijmegen Center for Molecular Life Sciences (H.V., G.V.) all at Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen; the Complex Genetics Section,... (New England Journal of Medicine)
Molecular Link Found Between Insulin Resistance And Inflammation Aug 28, 2009
D., all of the Division of Immunogenetics, Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC and Pitt School of Medicine, and Yi Lu, Ph. D., and Jian Zhang, M.D., Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Pitt School of Medicine. (Science Daily)
Ann Detmer Named Assistant Cross Country Coach Aug 18, 2009
Detmer has co-authored three manuscripts that have been published the Journal of Virology, Immunogenetics and Nature Medicine. With the hiring of Detmer, will serve as a volunteer coach for the Bears in 2008-09 after being a fulltime assistant coach last year. (Calbears.com)
Common allergy drug reduces obesity and diabetes in mice Jul 27, 2009
1-Immunology and Immunogenetics, 2-Cellular and Molecular Physiology and 3-Clinical Research, Joslin Diabetes Center, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 4-European School of Molecular Medicine, Naples, Italy. 5-Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Pharmacy, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Cambridge,... (EurekAlert!)
MCG, UGA team up on flu research May 7, 2009
The chemical might be one reason some vaccines fail to get an adequate immune response, said Dr. Mellor, director of the Immunotherapy Center and Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar Chair in Immunogenetics at MCG.. "Vaccine strategies are full of failures," he said. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Molecule That Suppresses Immune Response Under Study In Type 1 Diabetes Feb 16, 2009
"That was formal evidence that the dendritic cells with IDO were putting the brakes on the disease," said Dr. Mellor, Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar in Molecular Immunogenetics. "It leads to the hypothesis that by reinforcing the IDO mechanism in these mice, you can slow or even prevent the disease." He'll further explore IDO's role in type 1 diabetes by using several different methods to get rid of IDO and observe what happens. (Science Daily)
